"We were just full of hope of just being able to live together and get married. But now all that's changed, and it's cost a lot of money and we're just heartbroken really.

"She's got family in Birmingham, including two young nieces she had to say goodbye at the weekend. It was very emotional, lots of tears, little girls clinging onto her. It was dreadful."

Christy moved to the UK with her sister, brother-in-law and two nieces last August to continue working as a nanny for the family.

Soon after meeting Richard, she moved in with him in his home in Derby and the couple got engaged.

Nottingham Registry Office will wed the couple on October, 31 and Christy is expected to return in August once the fiancé visa is in place.

Richard said: "Somebody should have told us from the beginning that the only way of doing it was to go back to the Philippines, that will cost another £1,500."

A statement from the Home Office read: "We did not enforce Miss Maganti's depature. We do not routinely comment on individual cases

"Any individual whose application to remain in the UK has been refused is expected to make arrangements to depart voluntarily."

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